This week's gig listings
Your guide to gigs in and around Newbury
Thursday, August 25:
The Canal Bar, Market Place, Newbury - Vinylized featuring SDM (9pm-12pm – free entry)
Swindon Beehive – The Badass Cowboys (8.30pm)
The Joiners, Southampton – Zero to Hero – Battle of the Bands (7.30pm, £5)
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August:
Reading Festival, Little John's Farm in Reading – headliners: My Chemical Romance (Fri) + The Strokes (Sat) + Muse (Sun)
Friday, August 26:
O2 Academy, Oxford – David Rodigan + Laid Blak + Sultan + Set-It-Off Sound (10pm until 4am)
The Joiners, Southampton – Listener (7.30pm, £6)
The Joiners, Southampton – Teenage Bottlerocket (7.30pm, £6.50)
The Vic, Swindon – Penfold (covers band, 8pm, free entry)
Saturday, August 27:
The Snooty Fox, Newbury – ‘3' (9pm, free entry)
Station Hotel, Andover – Red Aztek (rock covers) 9pm
Danebury Hotel, Andover – Vinyl Swarf (9pm)
Anton Arms, Andover – The Cover Ups (covers band, 9pm)
Angel Inn, Andover – In Darklight(alternative rock, 9pm)
The Joiners, Southampton – Animals as Leaders (7.30pm, £6)
South Street Arts Centre, Reading – Mike Heron (Incredible String Band) and Trembling Bells (past and present folk rock, 7.30pm, £10 adv, £12 door)
Sunday, August 28:
Swindon Beehive – 1000 Planets (3pm)
Swindon Beehive – The Soul Box (DJ, 8pm)
The Magic Roundabout, Andover – Less Is More (covers, 9pm)
Sunday, August 28:
Lock, Stock and Barrel, Newbury – Mike Miller Jazz (9pm)
The Canal Bar, Market Place, Newbury – open mic night (8.30pm)
The Brook, Southampton - Charley Macaulay + Beatitudes + Walter Mitty & The Realists + Cause For Concern (7.30pm, £6 adv, £7 door)
The Vic, Swindon – The Doubtful Guest (8pm, free entry)
Monday, August 29:
The Earley Retreat, Reading – Caroline Turner-Gould + Kayleigh Ramchand (8pm until 11.45pm)
Purple Turtle, Reading – Helstar + guests (7pm until 11.45pm)
Tuesday, August 30:
O2 academy, Oxford – Ron Sexsmith (7pm, £20)
The Joiners, Southampton – Face to Face (7.30pm, £12)
Wednesday, August 31:
The Compton Swan, High Street, Compton – Yusuf B'layachi (8pm, free entry)
Swindon Beehive – The Geese (8.30pm)
